The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
LeGath, Judy. "Museum Receives Collection of Tools Used to Produce Kirk's Famous 'Baltimore Silver' On Display in New Kirk-Stieff Exhibit." Nuts and Bolts 13 (Summer 1995): [4].
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
McCauley, Lois B. Maryland Historical Prints, 1752 to 1889: A Selection from the Robert G. Merrick Collection Maryland Historical Society and Other Maryland Collections. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1975.
Notes: McCauley's is the major reference point for anyone researching Maryland prints. It is well illustrated, with descriptive text. This is as close as one comes to a union catalog for Maryland prints. This work should also be of interest to anyone seeking pre-photographic images of Maryland sites, as well as to map historians.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Geography and Cartography, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Chesapeake Region
Manning, John, and Stanley White. "Upper Bay Museum." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 61 (April 1992): 5-6.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Cecil County
Mannix, Mary K. "The Automation of the Frances Louise Day Postcard Collection of the Howard County Historical Society." Popular Culture in Libraries 3 (1995): 187-197.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Howard County
"Marine Life Revisited: An Update on the CMM Estuarium." Bugeye Times 18 (Summer 1993): 1, 3.
Categories: Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Science and Technology, Twentieth Century, Calvert County
"Maryland Historical Society, 1844-1994: Keeper of Our State Treasures for 150 Years." News and Notes of the Maryland Historical Society 23 (January/February 1994): 1-3.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
"Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Chesapeake Nay Maritime Museum." Maryland Humanities (March 1999): 27.
Categories: Environment, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
"Maryland's Best Kept Humanities Secrets: Textile Collection at the Maryland Historical Society Museum." Maryland Humanities (September 2000): 27.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City, Frederick County
Moore, Dick. "The New Ward Museum." Maryland 25 (Autumn 1992): 44-47.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Wicomico County
Nast, Lenora Heilig. "Baltimore Art Museums."In Baltimore: A Living Renaissance, edited by Lenora Heilig Nast, Laurence N. Krause, and R.C. Monk, 189-191. Baltimore: Historic Baltimore Society, Inc., 1982.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Nast, Lenora Heilig, and Jacqulein Nast Naron. "Baltimore Art Collectors and Patrons -- City and Citizen." In Baltimore: A Living Renaissance, edited by Lenora Heilig Nast, Laurence N. Krause, and R.C. Monk, 196-199. Baltimore: Historic Baltimore Society, Inc., 1982.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Nugent, Tom. "Super Models." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 27 (January 1998): 50-55.
Categories: Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County
The Official Museum Directory. Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 1971-.
Notes: This guide has been published yearly since 1971. The American Association of Museums is the museum world's major professional organization, although it is oriented more towards large wealthy institutions.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Perlman, Nancy. "BMI Research Center Officially Opens." Nuts and Bolts 10 (Summer 1992): [5].
Notes: This detailed, single page, article provides an excellent introduction to the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Industry's research center.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Piasecki, Judy. "Baltimore's Industrial Attic." Nuts and Bolts 9 (Special Anniversary Edition 1991): 3.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Science and Technology, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Rutledge, Anna Wells. "Early Art Exhibitions of the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Historical Magazine (June 1947): 124-136.
Notes: During the mid-nineteenth century, the Maryland Historical Society played an important role as Baltimore's art gallery. The original Peale Museum was closed and the Walters not yet founded. Included is a listing of the paintings exhibits, arranged by individual portrayed or subject.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Rutledge, Anna Wells. "Portraits in Varied Media in the Collections of the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Historical Magazine 41 (December 1946): 282-326.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Family History and Genealogy, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Rutledge, Anna Wells. "Portraits Painted Before 1900 in the Collections of the Maryland Historical Society." Maryland Historical Magazine 41 (March 1946): 11-50.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Family History and Genealogy, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Schofield, Clay. "An Annotated Bibliography of Folklore Material for the Eastern Shore." Free State Folklore 3 (Winter 1976-1977): 19-55.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Sheffield, Suzanne. "The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum." Peninsula Pacemaker 26 (August 1997): 14-16.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Steele, Ann E. "A Short History of the BMI's Exhibits and Programs." Nuts and Bolts 9 (Special Anniversary Edition 1991): 4-5.
Notes: This administrative history includes a very useful list of "Highlights of the Museum's Exhibits and Programs" which provides an excellent history of the museum during its first ten years.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Education, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Stoddaryd, Ann B. "Redecorating the White House." New Art Examiner 20 (February 1993): 16-20.
Notes: Maryland Historical Society Museum.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Valliant, John R. "Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum: Our First Thirty Years." Weather Gauge 31 (Spring 1995): 4-9.
Categories: County and Local History, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Maritime, Twentieth Century, Talbot County, Chesapeake Region
Vojtech, Pat. "Saving the Endangered Decoy." Annapolis 7 (October 1993): 66-69.
Categories: County and Local History, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century
Waesche, James F. "Maryland's Museums: The Peale Museum." Maryland Magazine (Winter 1985): 32-7.
Notes: A discussion of the building boom Baltimore's City Life Museums experienced during the 1990s. The Peale, and all the City Life Museums, closed about ten years later. Includes a history of the Peale, in both its manifestations.
Categories: Archaeology, Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Fine and Decorative Arts, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City